Skemp on two approaches to teaching and learning mathematics

 

Here is our first article, an old but influential one:

Richard Skemp on instrumental and relational ways of understanding mathematics

Please read this article and write a response on your blog by 9 AM Monday September 14.

Your response should be brief (1-2 paragraphs), but full of interesting ideas. You should NOT summarize the article in this response, but you should talk about:

• Three things that made you "stop" as you read this piece, and why
• Where you stand on the issue Skemp raises, and why